Processes are a lot more interesting than you’d first think. That isn’t some kind of joke — they’re interesting, I swear. But what is a process?
Process is a series of steps or actions that are taken to achieve a particular goal. Process is a collection of interrelated work tasks initiated in response to an event that achieves a specific result.
Everything we do, see others doing, have machines do for us, or see nature doing is a process. Processes can be found in various areas of life, including business, manufacturing, computing, and more.
It’s basically a program in execution.
We may not realize it, but processes are everywhere and in every aspect of our leisure and work. A few examples of processes might include:
- Preparing breakfast
- Going from one city to another
- Placing an order
- Developing a budget
- Writing a work order
- Treating a patient
- Cleaning a room
- Changing oil in a car
- Strapping down a truck
- Refueling an aircraft
- Putting gas in the car
But why are those processes? Why aren’t they just jobs to be done?
The point is that when you formalize a process, you think about the workflow with productivity in mind and it makes it easier to execute and optimize.
By creating a process and assigning the steps to individual specialists, you can increase the productivity by whopping 24,000%.
So, for which activity you like to lay down a process to improve the productivity?